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Vacations are all about options: Where to go, what to see, how to get there, how long to stay there and a whole host of other variables means your get-away is uniquely yours. Even the logistical aspects such as how much luggage to bring or how to arrive at the airport you’re flying out of is entirely up to you.

Google’s reach continues to expand and a foray into the world of airline flights is giving consumers ways to keep real-time tabs on everything from average flight prices to hotel availability in their destination location. According to a recent Forbes magazine article, this all stems from Google’s overtaking of ITA Matrix Software eight years ago, which has since been spun into a variety of services for consumers.

Nobody wants to “become a statistic,” so to speak – no matter what that statistic may be. When it comes to vacation, a disturbing trend appears to be popping up and grabbing headlines year after year. According to a January 29, 2018 article from TravelAgentCentral.com, less than half of Americans plan to take their vacation time and those who do spend less than six weeks planning the outing.

Looking to get out of town for New Year’s Eve? This tried-and-true tradition is a great opportunity for us to hop on a flight and see the wide world, celebrate the past year with perfect strangers and generally have an improvised vacation. However, a recent study by WalletHub found that some U.S. destinations are a bit more visitor and wallet-friendly than others. What’s more, many are located on the East Coast so those looking for Oakland Airport parking services will be perfectly positioned to take an extended leave from California.

Vacations, business trips and out-of-town jaunts all call for a considerable amount of planning. From what’s going inside your carry-on luggage to finding Oakland Airport parking discounts for a convenient place to leave your car, those who travel far and wide know this process well. For those who may find themselves at an airport just once a year, the planning process may be a bit more cumbersome.

Why do we always take time off from work during the summer months? Is it a sincere desire for an annual trip to the beach, or are we seeking surf and sand purely out of habit? To our readers who still have vacation time left, we’re here to encourage you to use it up and visit the fall-friendly destinations you’ll learn more about below. To the rest of our readers who may have already made their beach trip this year, we think you should consider these other locations, too.

You’ve got a flight coming up and have left no aspects of your travel to chance. Every day of your vacation has an outline, every bus and train ticket printed out, every hotel phone number readily accessible and maps of the places you’ll be visiting etched into your mind. Suddenly, a sobering thought crosses your mind: “Wait. How am I getting to the airport?” If you think you’re the first person to overlook such a crucial part of any vacation, you’re not.

California is a big place. When we say “big,” we mean 39 million people across 163,000 square miles and 770 miles of coastline. The third largest state in the union is so big in fact that it’s one of just two states that border the Pacific Ocean. Travel experts say that driving the length of the state would take somewhere between 11 and 15 hours if you took one of two main routes.